Margin paper-guide for type-writing machines.



PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

L. MYERS. MARGIN PAPER GUIDE FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 3. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 15, 1903/ PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS MYERS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. -Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MARGIN PAPER-GUIDE FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,927, datedSeptember 15, 1903.

Application filed March 3, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MYERS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Hartford, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Margin Paper-Guides forType-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to paper-guides for type-writing machines,andparticularly to those guides which are employed to press the marginalportion of the paper against the platen.

The object of my invention is to provide a I5 simple construction whichmay be readily adjusted lengthwise of the platen to correspond to paperof various widths, which. will take Very little room, and which will notobstruct the operators View of the type-written 2o matter.

The invention will be fully described here- .inafter and the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-- ing drawings, which illustratea typical example of my invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the platen portion of atype-writer provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectionalelevation on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section online 3 3 of Fig. 4, and Fig. t is a cross-section on line, 4 4 of Fig.l.

A indicates a portion of the carriage-frame, in which the platen B isjournaled. To this frame A is secured adjacent to each end of theplaten, as at A, a bracket C, which at its upper end is formed with'astationary carrying section D, extending above the platen and lengthwiseof the same. While 0 this carrying-section is shown integral with thebracket C, I desire it to be understood that the bracket and thecarrying-section may be separatepieces. A tubular carrying-section isillustrated; but I do not restrict myself to 4; such specificconstruct-ion. With the carrying-section is slidably connected anextension E, which is thus adapted to move lengthwise of theplaten orparallel with the axis thereof. Preferably means are provided forpreventing the extension E from turning rela- SerialN0.145,928. (Nomodel.)

tively to the carrying-section D, as a pin D, fitting a longitudinalgroove E of the extension E. The section D and extension E arepreferably telescopic, as shown, and I may add similar extensions F G toincrease the scope of movement or adjustment. Each of these sections maybe connected with the preceding one which carriesit by a pin and groove,the pins being designated as E and F and the grooves as F and G. Thelast section or extension G, which I will term the guide section,(because it carries the guide directly,) may be solid, while the othersections are tubular and increase in diameter toward thecarrying-section D; but this arrangement, while preferred, is notessential.

The guide proper comprises an elastic curved strip H, arranged to fitthe periphery of the platen and secured to the guide-section G in anysuitable manner, as through the medium of a short sleeve J, held inplace by a set-.screw K. A margin feed-roller L may be journaled on theguide-strip II, so as to project therefrom and engage the upper portionof the platen.

The groove and pin of the same section E F are preferably diametricallyopposite each 1 other, and as a consequence the pins D E F of successivesections or members are alternately on opposite sides of the centeror-axis. The sections D E F G together form an extensible and in theparticular structure shown a telescopic carrier for the guide proper, H.The number of these sections may be increased or reduced. h

It will be understeod that when the carrier is folded or contracted theguide proper, H, remains at the inner end of the carrier,'or, in otherwords, whatever position the guide may be adjusted to no part of thecarrier will pro- 0 ject inwardly beyond the guide, so that under allcircumstances the paper between the two guides will be fully exposed toView. The folding or extensible construction of the carrier isfurther-of great ad vantage on account of 5 its lightness andcompactness, and, moreover, no part of the carrier will in anyadjustment thereof project outwardly beyond the stationary section ofthe carrier.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature ofmy invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a type-writer or the like, the combination, with a carrier havinga stationary tubular section, a sliding section arranged to extendlengthwise into said stationary section, and means for holding thesliding section against turning relatively to the stationary section, ofa paper-guide projecting laterally from the free end of said slidingsection.

2. In a type-writer or the like, thecombination, with a carrierconsisting of a plurality of nested sections increasing in thickness ordiameter from section to section, one of said sections being stationary,of a paper- LOUIS MYERS.

Witnesses:

OTTO V. SCHRENK, JOHN LOTKA.

